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Their study only looked at the open ocean, not coastal waters.
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Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 19 June 2025
The researchers analyzed satellite data on the open ocean collected from 2003 to 2022 by a NASA instrument that combs through the planet every two days to measure light wavelength, according to the paper.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 19 June 2025
Without it, Earhart had no way of establishing real-time contact with ships or stations below—and no reliable way to fix her position over the open ocean.
—Laurie Gwen Shapiro, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
In the early Cretaceous, while the region was a oceanic basin, large amount of tree resin was rapidly swept out from a nearby coast to the open ocean by the backwash from one or more tsunamis.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
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Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 19 June 2025
The researchers analyzed satellite data on the open ocean collected from 2003 to 2022 by a NASA instrument that combs through the planet every two days to measure light wavelength, according to the paper.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 19 June 2025
Without it, Earhart had no way of establishing real-time contact with ships or stations below—and no reliable way to fix her position over the open ocean.
—Laurie Gwen Shapiro, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
In the early Cretaceous, while the region was a oceanic basin, large amount of tree resin was rapidly swept out from a nearby coast to the open ocean by the backwash from one or more tsunamis.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
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“Open ocean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20ocean. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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